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Support is provided to assure that students with disabilities
receive accommodations needed to achieve academic success.
Consultation with faculty is provided when there are academic issues
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Americans with Disabilities Act |
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Maryville University honors and provides reasonable accommodations for students who
meet
the qualifications of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What is the Americans with Disabilities
Act?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
is a law that protects any person with a “physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits that person in one or more major life activity,
has a record of such impairment or is regarded as having such an
impairment.” This includes but is not limited to: persons with mobility impairments, loss of one
or more limbs, blind/vision impairments, deaf/hearing impaired,
mental/psychological disorders, cosmetic disfigurement, and serious
contagious and non-contagious diseases. Persons who have suffered from
drug addiction in the past are protected, but only if they are not currently
using illegal drugs.
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For more information, please contact:
Julie G. Kindred, M. Ed., Director
Academic Success Center
University Library
314-529-9374
jkindred@maryville.edu
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Services for Students with Disabilities |
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To obtain services, students must:
• Be accepted
into Maryville University-Saint
Louis
• Complete a Special
Accommodations Form
• Self-identify that
he/she has a disability
• Provide
documentation of a disability with
a rationale for educational recommendations
from a qualified professional
• Provide requests
for accommodations
in a timely manner
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Students are responsible for seeking assistance
and making their needs for accommodations known.
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Services provided:
• Notification and consultation with faculty regarding implementation
of
appropriate accommodations
• Free peer
tutoring
• Note takers, tape
recorders, readers, interpreters, distraction free testing environment,
and other accommodations
to assist with achievement of academic goals |
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Confidentiality will be respected at all times and
no
information
will be released without the student’s consent.
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For more information, please contact:
Julie G. Kindred, M. Ed., Director
Academic Success Center
University Library
314-529-9374
jkindred@maryville.edu
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What
Students Receiving
Accommodations
Say About the Program
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"The Academic Success Center at Maryville
University was the most professional and hands-on group that I had
ever come across. I never thought that faculty and staff within
a university could actually care about ME so much. Every single
individual who aided me in the Academic Success Center made me feel
like I was able to accomplish anything, and they somehow got me over
the "fear" of looking to others for help. I knew that they were
always there for me, and I have them and only them to thank for my
academic successes, as well as successes outside of the classroom.
They truly did instill that confidence in me that I never had before,
and I am forever thankful!!!"
Kevin Saffa |
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The Academic Success Center is located in the University Library.
Call 314-529-6850 for further information. |
